Al Jazeera says of course Hamas uses mosques for military purposes ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Sunday, June 08, 2025

Al Jazeera says of course Hamas uses mosques for military purposes

Arabic media often complains that Israel destroyed hundreds of mosques in Gaza.

I could not find one article from an Arab source that condemned Hamas for using mosques for military purposes.

But as I was looking, I found an Al Jazeera article from last October that praised Hamas unequivocally for how intensely Islamic it is - and it included the fact that of course Hamas used mosques for its activities, as well as indoctrinating children with terror in its camps and schools, all under the name of Islam.

It starts off with a poetic paean to Hamas:

Our journey begins from the side of the altar. This beloved line in Islamist literature summarizes a fundamental part of the intellectual and spiritual structure of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), and rather the most important foundations of the sustainability of jihadist action in this movement, which has been extending the sails of its power throughout Palestine for more than 30 years.

On the road to martyrdom or victory, Hamas fighters take provisions from the Qur’an, which they see as a source of comfort and happiness, fuel for determination, a talisman of protection, and a source of victory. The journey begins at the mosque and returns to it.

It goes on with how wonderfully Islamic Hamas is.

While a whole year of flames has swept away many mosques from their foundations and turned their minarets into chaff scattered by the blazing flames and the missiles of death, the resistance fighters in Gaza are always optimistic that they have an impenetrable fortress: the Qur’an, the whispers of glorification in the fluttering of dawn, the night prayers, and the longing for martyrdom.

According to what has been circulated in numerous studies and articles, the "religious state" in Gaza is the resistance's greatest and most sustainable weapon, having transformed from an individualistic spiritual behavior into an impenetrable social fabric.

It is a long article but eventually it describes how Hamas considers mosques central to its "resistance:":

The architecture of mosques, after their construction and the raising of their minarets, was an important incubator for the formation of generations of resistance over the years. Memorization circles and scientific lessons spread throughout the mosques, and they were also active venues for meetings between leaders and resistance fighters that were less likely to be monitored.

With Hamas's control of the Gaza Strip , mosques became an essential part of the strategy of governance and resistance, with multiple mosque committees established throughout the Strip.

To consolidate the role of mosques in Gaza, Hamas organized the "Mosques of Gaza: Support and Pride" conference at the end of May 2009, under the patronage and support of the late Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh,....which concluded with the development of a guiding document for the message of mosques in Gaza and the centrality of their role in the resistance.

The "revolutionary" role of imams has transformed them from supervisors of worship into community leaders, managing a regular human resource in various activities, including Quran memorization and recitation courses, community service, managing donation boxes, and managing neighborhood affairs, in full coordination with the administrative and security agencies represented by the Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip and, to a certain extent, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

Hamas using mosques for military purposes isn't something to be condemned, but celebrated. it proves how dedicated Hamas is to Islam!

In short, every Arab knows that Hamas uses mosques for military purposes and the mosques are partners with Hamas. Al Jazeera was celebrating it.

So when they say they are upset that Israel destroyed mosques they are really saying they are upset that Israel hit Hamas.